an anthology about "the collective Canadian failure to extend justice and humanity" to a Canadian citizen and child soldier

Omar Khadr, Oh Canada

by janice williamson

The anthology is edited by Janice Williamson and is a trade paperback by McGill-Queen’s Press (May, 2012.) The e-book will be published in the summer 2012. Mark Abley was McGill-Queen’s Acquisitions Editor and a fabulous editor throughout the project.

The collection is multidisciplinary and multi-genre with contributions from leading legal experts, poets, novelists, sociologists, political scientists, essayists, playwrights, documentarians, military experts, diplomats, human rights activists, communications scholars, and literary critics. Any royalties will be donated to PEN Canada, an association of writers and supporters who “assist writers around the world who have been imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their ideas.”

Book launches, talks, and readings for the Omar Khadr, Oh Canada anthology will be held at – (“Events” page for details)

“Teach-In on Omar Khadr” a collaboration between Janice Williamson, English & Film Studies, and the Global Citizenship and Development group, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Education. (date and location to be confirmed)

Talk on Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, Janice Williamson at the Peace Consortium, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Calgary, fall 2012, date and location to be confirmed.

A courtroom artist finishes a sketch of Canadian defendant Omar Khadr pictured during a military commission hearing at the U.S naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 19, 2009. Getty Images